Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab says 150 British nationals will arrive in the UK from Afghanistan in the early hours, and a further 350 British nationals and Afghan nationals, who have worked for the British government, are expected in the coming days.
e permanent representative of Afghanistan to the UN, tells the emergency meeting there are already reports of"target killings and looting" in Kabul.There have also been reports the Taliban has started house to house searches, he says.There is"no time" for a blame game right now, he tells the meeting.
Mr Smallwood warned it is"not going to be too long" before the more moderate side is"pushed out of the way by the more extreme elements of the Taliban". Mr Sullivan said the"worst-case scenario" for his country would be sending troops into a civil war when the Afghan army"wasn't prepared to fight itself".Former cabinet minister and Conservative peer Lord Hammond has warned of a"humanitarian crisis but no doubt in time a counter-terrorism crisis for the West" in Afghanistan.
Asked whether it was fair to say that the UK government was not expecting the pace at which the Taliban took control in Afghanistan, the prime minister's official spokesman said:"I think it was clear that military intervention alone was not going to be sufficient. "So we have focused on doing everything possible to enable... to work with the previous Afghan government and to now facilitate the exit of UK nationals and Afghan nationals."Downing Street has said the UK will work with international partners"on preventing any sort of humanitarian crisis" in Afghanistan.
Although he said it was too early to set out specific plans, it could be expected that interventions such as sending aid to the country may be agreed to prevent a humanitarian crisis.Freedoms won in Afghanistan 'obliterated in weeks' – Labour "The international community must do all it can to get survivors out safely and the UK Government must play a full part, leading by example in fulfilling any pledged donations quickly and completely."The Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy is"open ended", the prime minister's official spokesman said today.
The recipients of the Chevening scholarships were previously told their visas could not be processed and therefore their scholarships would be deferred. Moscow says it has received the requisite security guarantees and its ambassador will meet with a Taliban representative on Tuesday to see what happens next.
In anticipation of Afghan turmoil after the US troop withdrawal, Russia just concluded joint military exercises with the Tajiks and Uzbeks in order to ensure in part that their border defences are robust.Afghanistan as a potential boiling pot for foreign fighters who've left the battlegrounds of Syria or Libya is as much a nightmare for Russia as it is for the West, especially as so many of them came from Russia and Central Asia in the first place.
The prime minister's spokesman said"significant numbers" will fly out of Kabul"day-by-day" following the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan.is working from the overrun airport in Kabul alongside Home Office staff, diplomatic workers, and the armed services, to process visas.We reported earlier claims from Germany that flights from the Afghanistan capital had grounded due to chaos on the tarmac.
"And we will accelerate the evacuation of thousands of Afghans eligible for U.S. Special Immigrant Visas, nearly 2,000 of whom have already arrived in the United States over the past two weeks. For all categories, Afghans who have cleared security screening will continue to be transferred directly to the United States. And we will find additional locations for those yet to be screened."Pakistan is assisting in the evacuation of diplomatic personnel from Kabul.
The PM will get the latest on the status of 600 troops sent to Afghanistan and their mission to evacuate British nationals and Afghans who aided the allied forces. Around 4,000 British nationals and eligible Afghans are thought to be in the city and in need of evacuation.Defence Secretary Ben Wallace had to fight back tears in an interview with LBC in which he admitted"some people won't get back".
Sir Keir added that it is"absolutely clear" what the UK's priorities should be: evacuating Britons and eligible Afghans.
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